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A sauna installation company became a government contractor with contracts worth 660 million UAH within a few days. “BK Kalmius” appeared just before the tenders, its references were created retroactively, and the trail leads to Member of Parliament Serhii Minko. After reports about the alleged schemes were published, uncomfortable hints from the internet began to disappear. We publish the material in full, precisely because there are attempts to remove it from the public space.
The construction company “Kalmius,” which, immediately after its registration in May, won three construction tenders of the Zaporizhzhia Regional State Administration totaling almost 660 million UAH without competition, is associated with MP Serhii Minko.
“BC Kalmius” was registered one month before the tenders were announced — on 7. March 2025 in Petropavlivska Borshchahivka in the Kyiv region with an authorized capital of only 5.000 hryvnias. The owner and director is Danylo Sandyriev, originally from Donetsk, who currently lives in Zaporizhzhia.
Sandyriev's actual specialty, however, lies in installing saunas and fireplaces in exclusive residential areas around Kyiv (Spa and Design Lore). Only one project of his is known in the Zaporizhzhia region.
In the year 2021, Sandyriev participated in the construction of a spa complex on the grounds of the recreation center “Priboy” in Prymorsk. The place is on the Azov Sea coast of the Zaporizhzhia region and is currently under Russian occupation.
Formally the recreation center belonged to Motor Sich, but in fact it was controlled by MP Hennadiy Kasay of the “Servant of the People” party, who was responsible for social and cultural affairs in the company.
At that time Danylo Sandyriev personally met either the current head of the Zaporizhzhia Regional State Administration, Ivan Fedorov, or people from his circle.
2021 was still mayor of Melitopol at the time. Serhii Minko, owner of the brand “Melitopol Chereshnia” and Fedorov's predecessor as Melitopol mayor, was part of his close circle.
2019 was elected to the parliament as MP from a majority district that includes both Melitopol and Prymorsk. He subsequently made Fedorov his successor as Melitopol mayor. Fedorov even ran for mayor on the “Serhii Minko Team” party, which still exists today.
2022 Melitopol was seized by the forces of the aggressor state, after which Serhii Minko began to settle in the Kyiv region.
2023 He rented a large estate with his family in Romankiv near Kozyn, where previously Vitaliy Zakharchenko, interior minister during the Yanukovych era, had lived. The living area of the house alone is 1.300 square meters, excluding the plot.
2024 Minko rented another house, this time directly in Kozyn. It was noticeably smaller at 203 square meters. However, installation work was required for the new home, so Sandyriev’s services were used again.
From Sandyriev’s Instagram profile it follows that he visited Zaporizhzhia in October 2024. Later that year, in the Kyiv region, “Kalmius” was registered under a mass registration address with Danylo Sandyriev as the sole beneficial owner and director.
The tenders won by BC “Kalmius” and the related inconsistencies have already been widely reported in the media.
To prove his experience, the company provided only a single subcontract, with LLC “Company Positive,” for 23,14 million UAH for all procedures. The contract concerned another project by the same client — the construction of a shelter for the Logos Lyceum.
During the tender 2024, “Positive” stated that the works would be carried out independently. In March 2025 the company suddenly turned to Victoriya Repashevska, director of the state enterprise “Local Roads of Zaporizhzhia Region,” with a request to involve a subcontractor. On the same day Repashevska approved its engagement, after which a contract with “Kalmius” was signed.
At that time, “BC Kalmius” had existed for only three days and employed only its director. Four more employees were hired on 2. April. The subcontractor works were completed on 16. April.
“Kalmius” did not demonstrate financial solvency at all, yet the client saw no violation. The tender documents stated that newly established companies only had to present financial statements for the period since their registration. In their response to the auditors, the Zaporizhzhia Road Administration staff also stated that the absence of such documents was not a reason for rejection.
All three tenders are currently under review by the State Audit Office.
“Company Positive,” which provided the necessary experience to Kalmius, is registered in the village Sonyachne in the Zaporizhzhia region. The owner is Maksym Haidai, the former director of the Vikonda salon in Zaporizhzhia.
2021 moved the company’s registered office to Melitopol when Fedorov was mayor there, and 2022 returned it to Sonyachne. Previously, the company belonged to ES City Council MP Mykola Byely, co-owner of LLC “UkrMedGroup” and owner of “Vikonda-Zaporizhzhia.”
In April 2025 the Antimonopoly Committee placed “Company Positive” on its blacklist and prohibited the company from participating in tenders for three years.
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